Of the 981 members of the Class of 2006, 751 of whom were eligible to move to another dormitory, 140 requested a housing change in the Orientation Adjustment Lottery, and only 84 of those students were able to move.

Over the summer, MIT, Harvard University, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Ariad Pharmaceutical Inc. sued Eli Lilly and Co., alleging that the company’s drugs to treat osteoporosis and an infection condition known as severe sepsis infringe a newly-issued patent.